Hazem Alaraji
latest news & developmentsIraq’s al-Sadr threatens ‘civil revolt’
Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Iraqis to stage sit-ins and threatened a countrywide ”civil revolt” if attacks by United States and Iraqi security forces continue…
Pilgrims flee Iraq city as gun battles rage
Local authorities began evacuating hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from the Iraqi city of Karbala on Tuesday as a battle raged between Iraqi security forces and gunmen near two…